Concise Encyclopedia

Concise Encyclopedia

by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

What is Concise Encyclopedia?

Concise Encyclopedia is software application developed by Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 66.67% of installations running this operating system. Concise Encyclopedia's installer is typically 27.00 MB in size and installs around 54 files. The most common release is 2008.0.0.0 with 93.33% of all installations currently using this version.

Concise Encyclopedia is most popular in India with 45.71% of installations residing in this country.

Concise Encyclopedia adds 3 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, Concise Encyclopedia is known to create 2 firewall exceptions to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.

Software Behaviors

Firewall:
  • javaw.exe is added as a firewall exception for '%ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.5.0_11\bin\javaw.exC:*:enableC:Sun Java (v1.5.0_11) JavaW'.
  • java.exe is added as a firewall exception for '%ProgramFiles%\Java\jre1.5.0_11\bin\java.exC:*:enableC:Sun Java (v1.5.0_11)'.
Scheduled tasks:
  • jusched.exe is scheduled as a task named 'Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition 5.0 U11' (runs weekly on Mondays at 10.00).
  • starter.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{D8DCBEEF-1D49-41D1-A303-74357C555ECC}' (runs on registration).
  • dictionary.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{E7DB2CD7-85E7-4846-8452-E8C434326E64}' (runs on registration).

Software Details

URL:
https://www.britannica.com
Support:
https://support.britannica.com
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Britannica 8.0
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\Britannica 8.0\Concise Encyclopedia\Uninstall_Concise Encyclopedia\Uninstall Concise Encyclopedia.exe"
Size:
27.00 MB
Language:
English

Concise Encyclopedia Executable Details

Primary executable:
mplayerc.exe
Name:
Concise Encyclopedia
Path:
C:\Program Files\Britannica 8.0\mplayerc.exe
MD5:
54eff6ab8e8c0a1672e6db094611cdca
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by Concise Encyclopedia
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
481639647a07703abdd0c19d2e0544fa
DLL
cc56dda037ad3095272910698aaf3870
DLL
2dfd88e7350b4924d3f07b322afb5b12
EXE
49d82ae5565810edf5c7376cf28bb3c6